Home Care In Queen Creek, AZ

CAMP VERDE, AZ (AZFamily) — Rapidly rising floodwaters triggered water rescues and forced residents from their homes in several Arizona communities Sunday.

Yavapai County officials said floodwaters have overrun multiple homes in Lake Montezuma.

Here is a breakdown of where evacuations and rescues are underway across the state.

Note: The Camp Verde Marshal’s Office says evacuation orders have been issued for all areas near rivers and washes.

For the latest on the evacuations, check the San Carlos Apache Tribe Emergency Response Commission Facebook page here.

For the latest on the evacuations, check the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page here.

For the latest on the evacuations, check the Gila County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page by clicking here.

For the latest on the evacuations, check the Pinal County Development Services Facebook page by clicking here.

For the latest on the evacuations, check the Gila County Public Health & Community Services Facebook page by clicking here.

For the latest on the flooding, check the Camp Verde Marshal’s Office’s Facebook by clicking here.

Read more about the flooding by clicking here.

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Shelters across Arizona

Cities and counties have opened shelters for people affected by the statewide flooding. Here is where to go, listed by county:

Whiteriver: Seven Mile Activity Center, 2801 Seven Mile Rd

Peridot: PFC Michael A. Noline Building, 502 Rodeo Ln

In addition, Navajo County has established a shelter for residents who need a safe place for their animals: Navajo County Fairgrounds, 404 E. Hopi Drive in Holbrook. The shelter can accomodate small household pets to livestock.

The American Red Cross says anyone impacted by flooding should call 1-800-RED-CROSS (800-733-2767) or visit one of the shelters above.

Yavapai County has opened an emergency phone bank hotline for updates and current information: 928-442-5103

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Queen Creek town staff are flooding water customers with information about an impending new fee.

But only 145 of the approximately 46,000 customers have used an online calculator to help estimate their share of the water resource fee, designed to pay off Queen Creek’s 3.1 million acre-foot, $370 million water supply for 100 years.

That calculator, which is on the town’s dedicated water-future website, queencreek.org/waterfuture, can only estimate costs because no fees have been established.

The Town Council on Sept. 16 approved a Notice of Intent to authorize the water resource fee with that first-year fee scheduled to be set Nov. 18.

During that 60-day waiting period, town staff have been engaged in a public education campaign, Communications Director Constance Halonen-Wilson told Town Council at its Oct. 21 meeting.

A learning experience

That public education campaign has included social media, emails, utility newsletters and 25 meetings.

Those meetings have helped fine-tune the message, she said. “We are learning something in every outreach opportunity.”

The first water resource fee is expected to be $3.07 per 1,000 gallons. For the average single-family customer using 10,000 gallons per month that would mean an extra $18.42 if they are on the town sewer and $30.70 if on private sewer or septic system.

The difference is a wastewater credit set by the Arizona Department of Water Resources, pointed out Mayor Julia Wheatley, who said her house is on septic so her bill will not include the credit.

About half of Queen Creek water customers are on the town’s sewer system.

Most questions are coming from customers who will be getting bigger bills, Halonen-Wilson said. “The higher the consumption rate, the higher the impact.”

The expected Nov. 18 council action will be for the first year only with graduated increases planned for the ensuing six years.

No action was taken Oct. 21 and the Council is expected to discuss water resource fee ramifications Nov. 4 before the Nov. 18 decision.

If approved, the fee will take effect Jan. 27 and start showing up on March utility bills.

Consultant Todd Burnham of Stantec, who has helped calculate possible future utility-related fees, said even with the water resource fee, Queen Creek will be relatively cheap, compared to other East Valley municipalities’ current rates.

Those other rates are likely to increase too, he said.

Flood-irrigation formula

During the 60-day waiting period, town staff worked on a plan to give some relief to its flood-irrigation customers.

Council unanimously voted Oct. 7 to pursue an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the independent Queen Creek Irrigation District (QCID) that would transfer those customers’ irrigation accounts to the district.

That would free those customers from paying Queen Creek’s proposed water resource fee on their irrigation water, though they would still have to pay the water resource fee on the potable water they use.

There are approximately 500 flood-irrigation customers that represent about 5% of Queen Creek’s water replenishment requirements.

During a Sept. 16 Council meeting, county island residents who are on the town’s water system said the water bills on their multi-acre properties could climb to $200,000 annually in the graduated six-year water resource fee schedule.

Queen Creek officials think that transfer to the QCID will take about a year.

Plans call for those customers to be exempt from the water resource fee for their flood-irrigation water during the transfer, said Scott McCarty, deputy town manager and chief financial officer.

That exemption would create about a $1.4 million shortfall, or around $2,800 for each of the 500 flood-irrigation customers, in the first year of water resource fee revenue.

McCarty said other water customers would not have to cover shortfall. Instead, that money would come out of Queen Creek’s operating budget.

But Queen Creek’s taxpayers fund the town’s operating budget.

An informational meeting for irrigation customers is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 in the Zane Grey Room of the Queen Creek Library, 21802 S. Ellsworth Road.

A decade of planning

Establishing a water resource fee is the latest chapter in Queen Creek’s decade-long saga to achieve water self-sufficiency.

The final – and largest -- piece of the puzzle was put into place late last year and early this year, when the town secured 1.7 million acre-feet of water over the next 100 years from the Harquahala Basin.

The total price tag of that project, including infrastructure costs, is projected at $465 million.

That’s more than half of the 3.7 million acre-feet of water Queen Creek has lined up from various sources. (An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons of water, which the state says equals the annual consumption of three average households.)

Town officials say Queen Creek’s water supply will be drought- and supply chain-proof for the next century.

Town officials hope to be able to refinance some of the $730 million total water cost payments past the 30- and 40-year terms, so costs are spread more equitably over the next century.

The Harquahala purchase was well-timed. Queen Creek was the first municipality to tap into that source, securing the water at $15,000 per acre-foot for the next century.

Harquahala water is reportedly going for $30,000 an acre-foot after Arizona’s share of Colorado River water was cut by 30%.

The Harquahala Basin sits on 766 square miles in LaPaz and Maricopa counties in west central Arizona, about 80 miles from Queen Creek. It is a water storage basin designated by the state for transportation to other areas.

During negotiations to build the Central Arizona Project canal, which delivers Colorado River water across the state to near Tucson, Arizona agreed to take the last priority of the water distribution.

That means that the state will be stuck with the biggest reduction come Jan. 1, according to Marc Skopycec, Queen Creek Utility director.

Colorado River water will comprise only 10% of Queen Creek’s water portfolio while it gets only 6% from groundwater.

Some Valley municipalities get 40% or more from that dwindling, over-committed source.

Queen Creek has sufficient groundwater in its aquifer to supply the town’s needs. But replenishing that water, as required by the 1980 Groundwater Act, would be more expensive than importing it, according to town officials.

Currently, 89% of Queen Creek’s water customers are assessed Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD) fee on their annual property tax bill. The town has been paying CAGRD fees for customers since 2018, saving customers $71 million.

The CAGRD fee will be included in the monthly water resource fee.

Conservation is part of Queen Creek water self-sufficiency plans. For example, the town, along with SRP, has been conducting a turf replacement program, where customers get rebates for replacing grass and other high water-use vegetation with drought-tolerant landscaping.

The current overseeding for winter grass is one of the high water-use times. For example, 20% of the average HOA’s water bill goes for overseeding.

Information on Queen Creek water conservation programs:

queencreekaz.gov/government/utilities/water/water-conservation.

While other Valley municipalities are anxious to over impending cuts in their Colorado River water allocations, Queen Creek officials are reacting much differently.

“We aren’t on pins-and-needles waiting for the feds to decide,” Mayor Julia Wheatley said when asked about the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s July 31 recommendation of significant cuts in Colorado River water allocations to Arizona, Nevada and California.

Only about 10% of Queen Creek’s water will be coming from the Colorado River – thanks to the Town’s $465 million-plus purchases in late 2025 and early 2026 of 1.7 million total acre-feet from the Harquahala Basin, which is projected to supply about 68% of Queen Creek’s water for 110 years.

An acre-foot equals 12 inches of water covering an acre, or 325,851 gallons. According to the Arizona Department of Water Resources, that’s enough to supply three houses for a year.

On July 31, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Interior Department announced a timetable for Colorado River water cuts of up to 40% for Arizona, California and Nevada.

The proposal did not establish final operating rules but lays the groundwork for water reductions beginning in 2027 and 2028.

Gov. Katie Hobbs said the federal proposal “contains unacceptable options that include the federal government forcing Arizona to take the majority of draconian water cutbacks.”

CAP dependent

Most Valley municipalities have a lot more at stake than Queen Creek because they are far more dependent on the Colorado River water delivered by the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal.

For example, Gilbert, Phoenix and Glendale get about 40% of their water from the CAP while Scottsdale gets as much as 70%.

East Valley cities reacted cautiously to the Bureau of Reclamation’s announcement, taking a wait-and-see attitude or having no reaction at all.

Phoenix City Council immediately scheduled an executive session for last Thursday to discuss “Colorado River legal issues” and Mayor Kate Gallego said, “Phoenix is prepared to use less Colorado River water, but it is wrong to lay a disproportionate share of the burden on Arizona.”

But Wheatley noted, “We have been working for a decade on a water self-sufficiency strategy. After all, we are a fast-growing community in a desert.”

The Bureau’s pronouncement reinforces the wisdom of the Harquahala purchase, Wheatley said.

“It was a big investment that costs a lot,” she said. “It is expensive, but we realized a significant savings” by finalizing the deal before the Interior Department announcement.

Town Council consent agendas, where several items are approved without discussion, often include Harquahala-related expenses, such as the $425,000 in lab costs OK’d during its Aug. 5 meeting.

Queen Creek water customers will be paying $12.1 to $14.8 million annually to service the Harquahala debt, according to town officials. That will come in the form of a user’s fee that is expected to be less than the cost of pumping groundwater for residential use.

Long-developing crisis

The Bureau’s announcement came as no surprise.

The Lower Basin States – Arizona, California and Nevada – have been negotiating fruitlessly for over a year with their Upper Basin neighbors, which have declined to absorb a greater reduction in Colorado River water.

Battered by a decades-long drought, higher temperatures and low winter snowfalls, the river has lost over 20% of its capacity so far this century.

Roosevelt Dam and Lake on the Salt River and the Verde River reservoirs (Horseshoe and Bartlett) supply over half of the Valley’s water and Salt River Project has put Roosevelt Lake at 38% capacity, Bartlett Lake is around 75% full, and Horseshoe Lake is at 31% capacity.

The CAP canal, billed as one of the nation’s largest public work projects running from the Colorado to the Tucson area, was designed to provide irrigation water to central Arizona farmers.

But an exploding population, with houses displacing farmland, and climate change causing more heat and less rainfall and snowpack, have thrown two giant monkey wrenches into the works for the past quarter century.

Arizona politicians and water officials called the plan “unacceptable” and warned that it could “devastate” the state’s economy. They urged the federal government to adopt a counterproposal that would soften the pain of those cutbacks.

Hobbs said that compromise “would protect Arizona from massive water cuts, distribute reductions more fairly across the Lower Basin States, and provide stability and protection to the water supply that our communities rely upon.”

In what Hobbs called “one of the largest conservation programs in Colorado River history,” Arizona, California, and Nevada have committed to conserve over 3.2 million acre-feet of water in Lake Mead over two years.

Through a combination of backup supplies, engineering projects and transfer deals, cities are able to survive cutbacks.

Lauren Hixson, water resources manager for Gilbert, said the myriad fixes will come at a cost.

“Arizona’s not running out of water, but we are running out of cheap water,” she told KJZZ. “It’s harder to access, harder to provide, and — through the needed infrastructure investments and acquisition of additional supplies — it is going to get more expensive to provide that water.”

Preview of Interior’s

decision

Two key Queen Creek staffers involved in developing the water strategy – Utility Director Marc Skocypec and Water Resource Manager Nicole Sonnenberg – previewed the July 31 Interior Department announcement during a March 4 Town Council meeting.

“It is very strategic that our actions are coming when they are coming,” Skocypec said.

Queen Creek’s diverse water sources are:

• Harquahala Basin: 68%

• Effluent: 16%

• Colorado River/CAP: 10%

• Groundwater: 6%

If needed, the Harquahala Basin could supply more water since Queen Creek has purchased less than 25% of the basin’s 8 million acre-feet aquifer, Skocypec pointed out.

Since then, at least one municipality has followed Queen Creek’s lead, albeit on a much smaller scale. Scottsdale has lined up 15,000 acre-feet for Harquahala for about $8.25 million, which is a small dent in its water portfolio that gets 70% from the Colorado.

The upper and lower basins of the Colorado River face two different situations.

The four Upper Basin States have not fully used their allotments while the three Lower Basin States are facing dramatic shortages, Sonnenberg explained.

To make bad matters worse, the lower basin faces a threat of “deadpool” in Lake Mead. That means the lake’s water level is too low to provide releases from the Hoover Dam downstream, which also raises the prospect of electrical power outages.

Skocypec also warned that a legal battle, which now seems possible, could complicate the enactment of the Interior Department’s Colorado River reduction plan.

Although Queen Creek has taken great steps to secure its water supply, it’s not a time for complacency. Future water conservation efforts will be needed, Skocypec predicted.

“Our history of using water the way we have will most likely change.”

Rising costs

Queen Creek Councilman Jeff Brown agrees, adding future water sources will come at additional costs.

“Queen Creek is in a much better spot in general than some other communities with respect to Colorado River allocations,” Brown said.

“Still, the ongoing drought and increasing scarcity of water is driving the costs of water up for every water system and therefore, for every water consumer in the state.”

Nowhere in the East Valley has that rising cost created more havoc with consumers than in Gilbert, where rate increases over the last two years triggered a storm of controversy that played a major role in the ouster of three incumbent Town Council members in last month’s Primary Election.

Still, costs of raw water and treatment have forced most Valley municipalities into double-digit rate increases in recent years.

For example, Phoenix in 2023 adopted a multi-year rate increase of 28%, citing staggering increases of 136% in the cost of chemicals and a 35% increase in raw water costs just in a three-year period.

“The Town of Queen Creek has worked hard for the better part of the past decade to expand our water supply portfolio and increase conservation efforts,” Brown said.

“But it comes at a cost which we’ll all have to bear. Our residents can rest assured that we have solidified a 110-year water supply now rather than putting our heads in the sand and being forced to figure it out later at an even higher cost.”

Queen Creek officials intend to make newcomers, rather than existing water customers, pay for the costs of future growth under a rate proposal discussed at the Oct. 7 Town Council meeting.

“We are drawing a line in the sand,” said Scott McCarty, deputy town manager and chief financial officer. “Existing customers will pay their fair share while newcomers will pay their fair share.”

Queen Creek’s water future is an underlying current in town decisions as a lack of an assured 100-year water supply was a deciding factor in a split decision against rezoning for a proposed 150-unit rental development.

The 3.1 million acre-feet of water secured for $370 million covers existing 46,000 water customers, said consultant Andy Burnham of Stantec.

Ten-year growth projections call for 20,700 more housing units, with an estimated $170 million in water supply costs.

That $170 million would come from two impact capacity, or hook-up, fees. For single-family houses, the water delivery fee would go from the current $2,328 to $4,591.

New customers would face a one-time water resource fee, which is proposed for $6,119 for houses with town sewer and $10,999 for those water-only customers.

Proposed fees include credits for wastewater recovered by the Queen Creek sewer system.

If those two recommended fees are approved, the total one-time impact capacity cost for a new Queen Creek single-family house would go from $13,038 to $21,366 or $25,446, depending on sewer status.

If those fees don’t cover the additional water costs, they would be added to the newcomers’ monthly water resource fees and not to existing customers, Burnham said.

The Oct. 7 water discussions were information only. No Council action was taken.

Rezoning defeated 3-2

Town Council also last week voted 3-2 against a rezoning of 1.6 acres in far northwest Queen Creek for the 150-unit Summerwell Residences rental development.

The site, 300 feet east of the northeast corner of Germann and Power roads, is zoned commercial, but has been vacant for over two decades.

The Queen Creek Planning & Zoning Commission last month recommended 7-0 that rezoning be changed to medium density residential.

Greystar, a Charleston, S.C.-based international real estate company, proposed 102 single-family units and 48 duplex units in a development that would be 40% open space.

That had half the population density in an apartment project that was unsuccessfully proposed for the site in 2024.

Summerwell Residences would have been part of a growing stock of Queen Creek houses that are built for rent or lease – not for sale.

Mayor Julia Wheatley and councilmembers Jeff Brown and Robin Benning voted against the rezoning while Bryan McClure and Leah Martineau supported it. Councilmembers Travis Padilla and Dawn Oliphant were absent.

Such multifamily developments are exempt from state requirements to prove a 100-year water supply.

“Water is a focal point for this council, securing a 100-year supply,” Wheatley said. “I feel disingenuous saying we are focused on our residents, making sure we have 110 years, but we are going to approve this development and they don’t have to (prove a 100-year water supply).”

Brown had been an outspoken opponent of the rezoning.

“In interactions with residents in town, it is clear to me that they are not pleased with the number of rezonings we have done, especially for rental,” he said before the vote. "We’re really setting ourselves up for the pitchfork?type town council meetings where the chambers will be packed with people that say, ‘Apparently, you didn’t hear me,’.’”

Water resource fee coming

Establishing a water resource fee Nov. 18 will be the latest chapter in Queen Creek’s decade-long saga to achieve water self-sufficiency,

The drama peaked late last year and early this year when the town secured 1.7 million acre-feet of water over the next 100 years from the Harquahala Basin. The total price tag of that project, including infrastructure costs, is projected at $465 million.

That’s over half the 3.7 million acre-feet of water Queen Creek has lined up from various sources. (An acre foot is 325,851 gallons of water, which the state says equals the annual consumption of three average households.)

Town officials say Queen Creek’s water supply will be drought- and supply chain-proof for the next century.

Total costs of those projects will run $730 million, including principal and interest, which are scheduled to be paid off over the next 30-40 years.

That’s where the water resource fee comes in.

Assuming Council sets the first year of the fee on Nov. 18, it will kick in Jan. 27 for Queen Creek water users and appear on bills starting March 9.

The current proposal for year one is $3.07 per 1,000 gallons of water, based on usage.

Monthly fees are expected to increase for the next six years.

With the current proposal, the residential customer impact per month (based on 10,000 gallons) would be $30.70 for water customers not on the town sewer system and $18.42 for customers with a wastewater credit. About half of Queen Creek’s water customers are on town sewers and will receive that credit.

Town officials hope to be able to refinance some of the $730 million in payments past the 30-and 40-year terms so costs are spread more equitably over the next century.

The Harquahala purchase was well-timed. Queen Creek was the first municipality to tap into that source, securing the water at $15,000 per acre-foot for the next century.

Harquahala water is reportedly going for $30,000 an acre-foot after Arizona’s share of Colorado River water was cut by 30%.

Colorado River water will comprise only 10% of Queen Creek’s water portfolio while some Valley municipalities get 40% or more of their water from the dwindling, over-committed source.

The Harquahala Basin sits on 766 square miles in LaPaz and Maricopa counties in west central Arizona, about 80 miles from Queen Creek. It is a water storage basin designated by the state for transportation to other areas.

The water will be delivered by the Central Arizona Project canal, which runs just east of Queen Creek.

Queen Creek has sufficient groundwater in its aquifer to supply the town’s needs but plans to get only 6% from that source. Replenishing that water, as required by the 1980 Groundwater Act, would be more expensive than importing it, according to town officials.

Currently, 89% of Queen Creek’s water customers are assessed a Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD) fee on their annual property tax bill. The town has been paying CAGRD fees for customers since 2018, saving customers $71 million.

The CAGRD fee will be included in the monthly water resource fee.

Closed council sessions

While the town has a busy schedule of public meetings to discuss the 100-year water plan and water resource fee, Council met four times in just over a month in closed-door executive sessions to discuss Harquahala strategy.

According to the posting notices for the executive sessions, the Town Council is seeking “legal advice.” That’s one of the exemptions that the state open meetings law allows for closed-door meetings.

Any voting decisions resulting from executive session discussions, by law, must be taken in public meetings.

Here is a typical agenda posting for those meetings:

“Discussion and consultation with the Town’s attorneys for legal advice and with the Town’s attorneys and Town’s representatives regarding the Town’s Harquahala Valley groundwater acquisition, delivery and infrastructure strategies and obligations including long-term financing strategies and contractual obligations, capital cost recovery, debt service agreements, and related legal and contractual parameters of associated utility rates, fees and charges.”

Cutting, calculating costs

Conservation is part of Queen Creek water self-sufficiency plans. For example, the town, along with SRP, has been conducting a turf replacement program, where customers get rebates for replacing grass and other high water-use vegetation with drought-tolerant landscaping.

The current overseeding for winter grass is one of the high water-use times. For example, 20% of the average HOA’s water bill goes for overseeding.

Information on Queen Creek water conservation programs: queencreekaz.gov/government/utilities/water/water-conservation

Queen Creek has launched a website (queencreekaz.gov/waterfuture) that includes an online calculator to help customers figure out their likely future water costs.

The town has also scheduled several informational meetings preceding the Nov. 18 vote.

Public meetings

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 5:30 p.m. Community Chambers, 20727 E. Civic Parkway.

Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m. Community Chambers, 20727 E. Civic Parkway.

Weekly open house/office hours:

• Monday, Oct. 12, 9-11 a.m.

• Tuesday, Oct. 20, noon-2 p.m.

• Wednesday, Oct. 28, 4-6 p.m.

• Thursday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m.-noon

• Monday, Nov. 9, 3-5 p.m.

• Tuesday, Nov. 17, 4-6 p.m.

All meetings in the San Tan Conference Room of the Municipal Services Building, 22358 E. Ellsworth Road.

HOA meeting for managers and board of directors: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 4 - 5 p.m., Community Chambers, 20727 E. Civic Parkway.

Vestar, one of the leading privately held shopping center owners and operators in the western United States, has announced five new tenants are coming to Queen Creek Marketplace, one of the Southeast Valley’s premier shopping destinations. Barnes & Noble, Aubergine Kitchen, JINYA Ramen Bar, LongHorn Steakhouse and LaserAway will collectively add nearly 30,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space to the center and bring its occupancy rate to 96%.

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“Since opening in 2008, Queen Creek Marketplace has continued to evolve alongside the community, welcoming new retailers, restaurants and service providers to meet the needs of the area’s growing population,” said Angie Kory, vice president of leasing at Vestar. “Each of these new stores bring something unique, giving our customers new ways to shop, dine and spend time at the center.”

Barnes & Noble will open their bookstore near T.J. Maxx and J. Crew, offering an extensive selection of books, gifts, games and toys, along with a café, creating a new gathering place for readers, families and the local community. The nation’s largest bookseller is scheduled to celebrate its grand opening on November 11, 2026.

“Barnes & Noble is excited to join Queen Creek Marketplace with a new 15,000-square-foot bookstore. Featuring warm wood finishes, soft pink accents, and comfortable seating throughout, the store is designed to take customers on a journey of discovery through a thoughtfully curated selection of books chosen by our booksellers, where they can find their next favorite read and explore gifts, toys, games, and more. The store will also feature a Barnes & Noble Café, offering customers a welcoming place to relax with a favorite drink or treat,” said a Barnes & Noble representative.

Aubergine Kitchen, a family-owned restaurant group designed to make healthy eating approachable and enjoyable, will open its second Arizona location at Queen Creek Marketplace in the beginning of 2027. The approximately 3,000-square-foot restaurant will be located near Barrio Queen and Trader Joe’s, offering guests fresh salads, bowls, smoothies and more.

JINYA Ramen Bar, known for its signature Japanese dining experience and distinctive ramen offerings, will open an approximately 3,000-square-foot location in the new ground up shop building, also near Aubergine Kitchen. Also expected to open in early 2027, JINYA will bring its slow-simmered ramen, small plates and other Japanese-inspired dishes to Queen Creek Marketplace.

LongHorn Steakhouse will open its first location in the Southeast valley in a 5,800-square-foot space at Queen Creek Marketplace. With an anticipated opening in spring 2027, the restaurant will bring its expertly grilled steaks, freshly baked bread, signature salads, sides, and more, providing a new full-service dining option for everything from casual family meals to special occasions.

Skincare provider LaserAway will also open in early 2027, bringing its range of dermatology services to the Queen Creek community. The new location will offer treatments including laser hair removal, skin rejuvenation, body contouring and other aesthetic services.

Queen Creek Marketplace is located at 21398 S. Ellsworth Loop Road. The 900,000-square-foot regional shopping, dining and entertainment destination is home to more than 60 national and regional retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues, including Target, Trader Joe’s, T.J. Maxx, Ulta Beauty, Ross, PetSmart, Boot Barn, Burlington, Old Navy, Nordstrom Rack, Dave & Buster’s, Harkins Theatres, Barrio Queen and more. The diverse tenant mix provides residents and visitors with a broad range of options in one convenient regional destination.

Queen Creek is one of the fastest growing cities in Arizona, driving continued demand for retail, dining and entertainment options throughout the Southeast Valley. Queen Creek Marketplace also benefits from its proximity to Vineyard Towne Center and Queen Creek Crossing, two recently developed Vestar properties.

For more information on Vestar and its portfolio of properties, visit vestar.com.

For more information about Queen Creek Marketplace, visit queencreekmarketplace.com.